The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-05
From Mondays daily.l


Ben Knauss is acting as special
night watch for a number of the mer-
chants.
Frank Bearce has purchased the res
idence of DR.. j. E. Herbst, on West
Third street.
Will Doake has bought the south side
meat market. VIII is an old timer at
the business.
Weaver, the crack player of last
years nine, is playing with the Wei
lington club.
Robert Knox has a thousand tons of
ice, to keep us from spelling throughout
the heated term.
Several May parties were in full bloom
last Saturday, April Both. Kansas is
ahead in everything, you bet!
Travellers from the west report a
snow fall between Denver and Hugo,
Col, yesterday, of four inches.
"Just as we go to press we learn that
every township in Philips county car
ried the bonds for the Rock Island yes
terday. This insures the read. -
Smith Co. BazOO.
This is a continuation of the line that
passes through Abilene, and will event
ually build to Oregon.
To-day Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Spangler
celebrate the fifth anniversary of their
wedding. May they live to see their
fiftieth is the wish of the REFLECTOR.
The druggists who have so far filed
their applications for a permit to sell
liquor are Barnes 81 Northcraft, c. c..
Shaler and Croll & Gulick.
To-day is the last day of grace for
Mr.. Dorg. If he is not duly registered
by sun down, his name will be Pants.
Bring in your obituaries tomorrow.
Sam Bricker sold his farm on Satur-
day last, east of the Henry farm, to
the same syndicate that bought the
latter. The purchase price was $780,
600.
A big wagon load of boys and |
girls took time by the fOrelOck Satur- |
day last, spending the day in McMas-
ter's grove in highly May-like man
ner.
Hon. j. r. Burton, accompanied by |
his wife, left for Denver Sunday after |
noon, where he has been engaged as
counsel in the Henry-Traveler;S In |
surance Company suit.
The new lumber sheds of Miller &
Thomas, on the U. p. property, are
nearly completed, and the Office will
shortly be removed from Buckeye
avenue.
Hodge Brothers are doing everything
in their power to add to the attractive
ness of our already beautiful and well
kept lawns. Five men are kept con-
stantly busy putting in water works.
Marriage licenses have been procured
at the probate court for the following
parties: Ole Delane, of Abilene, and
Anna Peterson, of Enterprise; VIM. j.
Clements, of Abilene, and Emma Lu-
ker, of Keystone.
The railroad commissioners will go |
to Enterprise, Abilene and Minneapo-
lis on next Thursday, on application of
the c. X. & W. road, which desires to
cross the Union Pacific at these points.
Topeka Capital.
All church and society notices will
be inserted free in our columns, but |
must be limited to a reasonable space.
To secure an insertion on the same
day. they must not be brought in later |
than noon. Do not hesitate to send |
them in. They will be cheerfully pub
lished.
The Upshaw Furniture and Carpet |
Company is to erect a fine three story |
brick block, work to commence in two |
weeks. The old building will be moved
into the street to make way for the |
new, and will be torn down as soon as
the latter is ready for occupancy:
C. @, Shaler will shortly replace the |
soda fountain now in use with a costly |
and imposing STRUCTURE, from which |
will be drawn so superior an article OF |
sweetened wind as will fairly make a
nickle burn in the pocket of the mean
est man in town-whOever he may be. |
The Parker block on the corner of
Second and Broadway will be COM
pleted in about two weeks. The
ground floor has been leased by =. |
Rlevins. and the second moor by j. ID.
McMaster 4 Co. The basement will |
NJ occupied by Alexander Kos6iuSco |
VANDERBILT, of 'sLittle Red Store"
fame. who will run lunch counter, in
addition to his present line of business.
A party of our young people, after
becoming properly enthused over some
of Van SAINT & Weller's ice cream,
started out on serenading tour Fri
raw night. Among one who thought |
hetwas favored was a handsome drug
Efst. who Is noted for possessing highly |
Cultivated musical ear. He was awak-
ened from deep slumher, and think
ing some one was In hdrrlble agony, |
hastily dressed himself in one cuff and
a pair of suspenders, and rushed to the |
rescue, only to find that his sweetness,
like that of his callers, had been wasted |
on the desert air. Never mind, Spotty, |
the serenade wasn't intended for you |
anyway. 1t was for the other Teller.
Fhe following taken from the Licing
GRirck, Omaha, refers to q brother o.
but townsman, A. Zahner, who visited
here little over year ago, and held
services in the st. Johns Episcopal
church: ..On Easter day, for the first
time since serious illness began in his
family two months ago, the rector, the
Rev. Mr.. Zahner, performed duty in